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Silicon Valley rattled by low-cost Chinese AI
San Francisco (AFP) - Fears of upheaval in the AI gold rush rocked Wall Street on Monday following the emergence...
Undersea cable between Sweden and Latvia damaged, both countries say
Riga (AFP) - Latvia said it had dispatched a warship on Sunday after damage to a fibre optic cable to...
Meta plans to invest $60 bn or more in AI this year
San Francisco (AFP) - Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said the tech giant plans to invest at least...
Instagram courts TikTok stars during turbulent times
San Francisco (AFP) - Meta-owned Instagram has been wooing creators from TikTok as the China-based video-snippet sharing app's future remains...
End social media anonymity to fight fakes, crime: Spain PM
Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday proposed ending anonymity for social media users and forcing...
Musk bashes Trump-backed AI mega project
Washington (AFP) - Tech titan Elon Musk cast doubt Wednesday on a $500 billion AI project announced by US President...
Masa Son, Trump’s Japanese buddy with the Midas Touch
Tokyo (AFP) - Masayoshi Son, the Japanese tycoon helming US President Donald Trump's big new AI push, is the son...
Tech billionaires take center stage at Trump inauguration
Washington (AFP) - Tech billionaires including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos were given prime positions at Donald Trump's...
X and Facebook toughen EU pledge to combat hate speech
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Social media giants including X and Facebook have agreed to step up efforts to tackle hate...
TikTok goes dark in US as Trump seeks reprieve from ban
Washington (AFP) - TikTok went dark in the United States on Sunday as millions of dismayed users found themselves barred...
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